Jonathan drags Obasanjo to rights commission over criminal allegations on december 25, 2013 at 6:36 am in news President Jonathan Goodluck yesterday submitted himself to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, for probe over criminal allegations against him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Former President Obasanjo had written an 18-page open letter to Jonathan, accusing him of incompetence, engaging in anti-party activities, ethnicism and training about 1,000 snipers ahead of the 2015 polls. Jonathan, who denied the allegations in his response, is specifically inviting the rights commission to unravel the truth in the allegation that his government had begun training over 1,000 snipers to terminate his political opponents. In a letter to the commission, President Jonathan is seeking for a thorough investigation of the allegations against him, touching on alleged human rights abuses. The letter, signed by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, SAN, on the directive of Jonathan, had already been submitted to NHRC. The letter dated December 23, 2013 was submitted yesterday. Sources close to the Presidency said that similar letters had been written to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The two anti-graft agencies are to probe allegations of economic crimes and official corruption against the Jonathan?s administration as contained in Obasanjo?s letter.

Jonathan drags Obasanjo to rights
commission over criminal allegations
on december 25, 2013 at 6:36 am in news
President Jonathan Goodluck yesterday submitted
himself to the National Human Rights Commission,
NHRC, for probe over criminal allegations against
him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Former President Obasanjo had written an 18-page
open letter to Jonathan, accusing him of
incompetence, engaging in anti-party activities,
ethnicism and training about 1,000 snipers ahead of
the 2015 polls.
Jonathan, who denied the allegations in his
response, is specifically inviting the rights
commission to unravel the truth in the allegation
that his government had begun training over 1,000
snipers to terminate his political opponents.
In a letter to the commission, President Jonathan is
seeking for a thorough investigation of the
allegations against him, touching on alleged human
rights abuses.
The letter, signed by the Attorney-General of the
Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, SAN, on the
directive of Jonathan, had already been submitted
to NHRC.
The letter dated December 23, 2013 was submitted
yesterday. Sources close to the Presidency said
that similar letters had been written to the
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Commission, ICPC, and the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The two anti-graft agencies are to probe allegations
of economic crimes and official corruption against
the Jonathan’s administration as contained in
Obasanjo’s letter.

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